Union minister Ramdas Athawale said, “NCP minister Nawab Malik was targeting Sameer Wankhede as he had arrested his son-in-law (Sameer Khan) in a drug-related case."
Just 8 days prior to the event, another Dalit groom named Dwarkalal took out a marriage procession in the same area which faced no issued and was carried out peacefully. Locals allege that Bhim Army goons had created a ruckus during the procession.
Close on the heels of Hathras horror, a 22-year-old Dalit girl was gang-raped in Balrampur also in Uttar Pradesh. But did it invoke same angry reactions? No.